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Geneviève

1965 28 min
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Court métrage de fiction mettant en vedette les comédiennes Geneviève Bujold et Louise Marleau. Deux adolescentes vont pour la première fois au carnaval d'hiver de Québec. Leurs rapports ambigus et doux-amers avec un jeune garçon leur apportent à toutes les deux l'émotion délicieuse et la désillusion d'un premier amour.

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Court métrage de fiction mettant en vedette les comédiennes Geneviève Bujold et Louise Marleau. Deux adolescentes vont pour la première fois au carnaval d'hiver de Québec. Leurs rapports ambigus et doux-amers avec un jeune garçon leur apportent à toutes les deux l'émotion délicieuse et la désillusion d'un premier amour.

  • director
    Michel Brault
  • producer
    Victor Jobin
    André Belleau
  • script
    Alex Pelletier
  • images
    Georges Dufaux
  • sound
    Marcel Carrière
  • editing
    Werner Nold
  • song
    Mick Micheyl
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn
  • cast
    Bernard Arcand
    Geneviève Bujold
    Louise Marleau

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Education

Ages 15 to 17

Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development
Health/Personal Development - Sexuality
Media Education - Film and Video Production

In the mid-1960s, two teenage girls travel to Quebec City for the Winter Carnival. Full of wonder and life, they seem happy and carefree. They soon find that love can be bittersweet, and friendship can have a darker side. How did the filmmaker convey those feelings? Do you think he showed a good grasp of female psychology and its subtleties? How do music and silence function in this film? Can you think of a moment or a scene where you felt a state of weightlessness? What does the use of close-ups in the film mean to you? Lastly, what is the symbolic purpose of Champlain’s bed in the film?
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